Mattoon Police Arrest Two on Charge of Criminal Trespass at Amtrak Depot

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February 26, 2016 12:14 pm

The Mattoon Police Department made two arrests Wednesday on the charge of Criminal Trespass to Property. The arrest occurred at 12:37pm at the Amtrak Depot in Mattoon. Police arrested 29-year-old Zachary Kowalis, who cited an address of the PADS shelter, but is a former resident of Charleston and an unidentified suspect who also cited an address of PADS, but is formerly of Lufkin, Texas. The two were arrested after they were found to be in a room at the Amtrak Depot that is normally locked and off limits to the public. The suspect from Texas complied with an officer’s request to vacate the room, while Kowalis repeatedly refused and was arrested. He was taken to the Coles County jail.

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